#modern society

Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

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It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved. ↗

— Herbert Read

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Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

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Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society. ↗

— Ahmet Necdet Sezner

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I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools. ↗

— Wilkie Collins

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Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#comes #critic #dismal #every #every man